Traumatic spinal cord injury in Saudi Arabia: An epidemiological estimate from Riyadh

Spinal Cord

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 882-884

  Alshahri, S S ^a,b   Cripps, R A ^c   Lee, B B ^b,d   Al Jadid, M S ^a  

^a Prince Sultan Military Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Wales Hospital   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

descriptive; epidemiology; Middle East; road traffic accident; Saudi Arabia; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870919018     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2012.65     Document Type: Article

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